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Protecting Parkway Biodiversity

The 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway has about 400 road crossings, each one a "pathway for exotics." Here's at look at how parkway officials are working to protect nearly 5,000 species.

Saving Blue Ridge Parkway Land

The National Park Service is working closely with regional land trusts to preserve land and views bordering the Blue Ridge Parkway's 469 miles.

Barack Obama on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Karen Russell was simply going for a hike on a trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, N.C. when she happened to cross paths with a most prestigious hiker.

Growing Rose Trees

“In bitter weather, the leaves of rhododendrons roll into thin black cigars of misery and present a singularly depressing appearance. There is no need for a thermometer to judge the temperature if these particular plants are in sight.”

Something There is That Doesn’t Love a Wall

Twenty-three years after writing a brief historical summary of the Blue Ridge Parkway’s early years, Ed Abbuehl told an interviewer that the parkway represented “a magnificent example of cooperation.”

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Bright orange candelabras of Turk’s Cap lilies (Lilium superbum) light up parkway roadsides in summer. Although normally lovers of moist meadows and mountain coves, these lilies occur near Mt. Mitchell Parking Overlook (milepost 349.9), at 4,825 feet.

Protecting Parkway Biodiversity

The 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway has about 400 road crossings, each one a "pathway for exotics." Here's at look at how parkway officials are working to protect nearly 5,000 species.
Boundaries between parkway and private land are defined and also porous.

Saving Blue Ridge Parkway Land

The National Park Service is working closely with regional land trusts to preserve land and views bordering the Blue Ridge Parkway's 469 miles.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meet Karen Russell on a hiking trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, N.C.

Barack Obama on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Karen Russell was simply going for a hike on a trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, N.C. when she happened to cross paths with a most prestigious hiker.
Mountain Laurel

Growing Rose Trees

“In bitter weather, the leaves of rhododendrons roll into thin black cigars of misery and present a singularly depressing appearance. There is no need for a thermometer to judge the temperature if these particular plants are in sight.”
Stone Guardrail on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Something There is That Doesn’t Love a Wall

Twenty-three years after writing a brief historical summary of the Blue Ridge Parkway’s early years, Ed Abbuehl told an interviewer that the parkway represented “a magnificent example of cooperation.”
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